⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of seventeen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Williams Offensive Foul. Williams's 2nd Personal Foul, Memphis's 8th Team Foul.
Q4 1:45 · MEM 88-94 CHI
- Turnover
Jason Williams Foul
Q4 1:45 · MEM 88-94 CHI
- Turnover
Mike Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Andres Nocioni.
Q4 0:57 · MEM 90-94 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:31 · MEM 51-47 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 8:17 · MEM 79-87 CHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Antonio Davis Flagrant Foul Type 1. Davis's 1st Personal Foul, Chicago's 1st Team Foul.
Q3 10:02 · MEM 53-51 CHI
- Missed FT
Tyson Chandler missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:40 · MEM 84-89 CHI
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
